Correlation of lung parenchymal MR signal intensity with pulmonary function tests and quantitative computed tomography (CT) evaluation: A pilot study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1530-1536

  Iwasawa, Tae ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Ogura, Takashi ^a   Asakura, Akira ^b   Gotoh, Toshiyuki ^b   Kagei, Seiichiro ^b   Nishimura, Jun Ichi ^a   Obara, Makoto ^c   Inoue, Tomio ^d  

^a Kanagawa Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD); Lung; Lung function; Magnetic resonance (MR); Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPHYSEMA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349108842     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21183     Document Type: Article

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